Massachusetts Nurses Association

“The mna is directed and run by the membership with an elected board of directors and a grassroots organizational structure. With regional councils in five different regions of the state, members have an opportunity to become involved in the mna on local issues and concerns. The mna also provides members with an opportunity to influence nursing and other healthcare issues on a national level.”

“The members vote for their board of directors and make governing decisions at their annual convention.”

“The members vote for their board of directors and make governing decisions at their annual convention.”

“The board of directors has delegated the responsibility for reviewing, approving and signing the form 990 to the president. The form 990 is made available to any director upon request.”

“The massachusetts nurses association has a conflict of interest policy in place. Annually each board member is required to disclose if there are any conflicts. The board reviews the disclosures and takes whatever action is needed to resolve the conflict.”

“The board of directors determines the compensation for their organization's president, directors and management. This process includes review and approval by independent persons, comparability data, and contemporaneous substantiation of the deliberation and decision.”

“The organizational governing documents, financial statements and form 990 are available upon request to the general public.”

“The mission of the mna, the association for registered nurses, is to preserve the identity, integrity, and continuity of professional nursing in the commonwealth of massachusetts. The purpose of the mna, unrestricted by consideration of nationality, race, creed, religion, lifestyle, color, sex, handicap, or age, shall be to: - work for the improvement and availability of health care services for all people. - foster high standards of nursing practice, education, research, and nursing administration. - promote the professional development of nurses. - advance the economic and general welfare of nurses. - act and speak for nurses in massachusetts. The functions of the mna shall be to improve the profession by: - providing for quality in nursing practice by promoting the implementation of standards for nursing practice and standards for nursing services. - providing for quality in nursing education by promoting standards for nursing education (undergraduate, graduate, and continuing education) - promoting and providing for the professional, economic, and general welfare of nurses through the development and implementation of standards. - promoting and providing for the continuing education of nurses through the implementation of standards for continuing education in nursing. - informing both the nurse and society of the profession's expectations and requirements in ethical matters.”

“Report of division of labor action beth israel and independents team staff director dana simon associate directors james grogan, susannah hegarty, deb rigiero labor assistants sharon decosta, dolores neves beth israel lahey health system the fall of 2018 brought the state's approval of the mega-merger creating the new bi-lahey health system. We are currently in bargaining at bi lahey plymouth and anna jaques. Our members' contract at northeast health system (encompassing both addison gilbert and beverly hospitals and other facilities) expires in 2021. Anna jaques and bi-plymouth: both hospitals are in bargaining with 12/31/2020 expirations. Boston medflight: on 10/1/20 our rn and paramedic members ratified a new contract for a 13-month period with an across the board increase and a substantial increase to the merit pay. Having agreed to a short-term agreement because of the pandemic, we will return to the table in 2021. Tufts medical center: in ways that could be argued to have been surprising, tufts stood out as a facility that has handled the covid-19 pandemic in an intelligent manner and has involved frontline staff in major decisions, to the great benefit of the community. They were the first hospital to establish paid childcare for frontline staff during the pandemic, and were early adopters of a benefits such as free parking and housing for staff who preferred not to return home to expose their families during the worst of the pandemic. Communication has been constant with the administration and the mna committee. We are, however, in the midst of a campaign to address workplace violence, which has seen some improvements in processes. Steward team staff director dana simon associate directors ann marie ryan (mcdonagh), matthew roth labor assistant dolores neves overview: steward found itself in the crosshairs of a number of national media outlets, investigating the question of whether private equity should have a place in healthcare. There was also growing media and public awareness of the company's staffing and ppe failings in the face of the covid-19 pandemic. In may, steward's parent company, the private equity company (hedge fund) cerberus capital, sold its 90% interest in steward to a group of physician executives of steward. Shortly thereafter the company's executives approached us to propose a different relationship in which they would keep to their commitments and work with us on staffing, immediate ppe issues and resolve a number of current battles. The nurses and teamsters 813 pension fund: the pension remains fully funded, and we won improvements to the contributions at holy family, morton and nashoba (where there remained a loophole that delayed contributions for many, which is now firmly sewn shut). The employers are contributing 5% on top of wages up to 40 hours in a week, with no employee match. The portability of the pension throughout the steward system has proven important to many this past year as norwood mna members moved to other steward hospitals, many members worked at different hospitals than their home bases to help during the covid crisis in the spring and summer, and members who moved to other facilities in times of layoffs (such as with the closure of the quincy satellite emergency facility) brought their pensions with them as they moved about. It is our hope that we will bring in other healthcare employers in to the pension fund, to advance our vision of nurses and healthcare workers having the ability to move to where conditions are the best while having their pension plan automatically travel with them. Holy family hospital at methuen and haverhill: we settled two contracts (in the two separate bargaining units) with substantial improvements the already existing enforceable staffing grids for every inpatient unit and the eds as well as substantial wage increases (as high as 3%) and improvements to the pension contributions and differentials, including a substantial new extra shift bonus to k”

“Mass general brigham (formally partners) team staff director roland goff, rudy renaud for cooley dickinson hospital associate directors aaron cerny, andrea fox, eamon hogan, shelley reever, ron patenaude for cooley dickinson hospital labor assistant cindy messia, sharon decosta the past year was dominated by the events of the past 7 months the covid period. Although we did not reach a complete agreement, through intense and constant negotiations over a period of several weeks in march and april we were able to secure covid pay for those members who were forced to quarantine while awaiting test results; secure work accommodations for many members who could not work in the immediate dire conditions of the early pandemic; and pushed for better ppe standards or at least the capacity for member to use their own ppe to make for a more secure working environment. Each facility negotiated how to handle and staff surge icus to care for direly ill covid patients. Despite the incredible effort by our members under extremely difficult circumstances, mgb sought to impose a freeze in wage and pension contributions. Our contracts prevented suspension of any general wage or step increases, and many prevented suspension of the pension contributions. Mgb is ending the pension contribution suspension after only a few months, so that issue is mostly resolved. The cooley dickinson bargaining unit was already in successor negotiations when the covid pandemic struck. They have returned to the negotiations seeking a fair contract. Given the attack on wages and pension benefits, and the likely press by mgb for concessionary contracts, several bargaining units decided not to re-open negotiations in the current environment. The units at the brigham, salem, and nantucket allowed their contracts to roll over for one year, and cooley dickinson vna may do the same. Public sector team staff director roland goff, rudy renaud associate directors ted burke, andrea fox, marc carbonneau, kevin hayes, james grogan labor assistant rosie mahoney, sharon decosta unit 7 during the covid pandemic, the members worked remarkably well in circumstances that could not have been imagined. The state was too slow to respond to mna calls for increased testing and precautions. The inaction by the state led to a number of preventable deaths, especially at the holyoke soldiers' home (hsh). The mna participated in several investigations about the events at the hsh and found the report issued by an independent attorney to be accurate in the failures of leadership at hsh before and during the pandemic. Unit 7 will begin negotiations for a successor agreement on october 8, 2020. Cambridge health alliance (cha) the parties continue to negotiate for a new contact with the assistance of a state appointed mediator. Unfortunately, cha has not shown any indication that it wishes to reach a new contract. During the pandemic the rns asserted their right to work in a safe environment, pushed for high ppe standards, and held a public demonstration to call attention to lack of adequate ppe. Cape cod healthcare team staff director roland goff associate directors john gordon labor assistant cindy messia the two (2) bargaining units of vna rns have almost completed a merger into one bargaining unit with one contract and recognizing seniority credit from each formerly separate unit through "dove tailing" of seniority based on date of hire with the respective vna. The two (2) hospital bargaining unit will be entering negotiations in october as a joint committee to negotiate new contracts with cape cod health care (cchc). Unfortunately during the covid pandemic cchc closed maternity and pediatric services at falmouth hospital. Cchc also in violation of the cba furloughed rns without pay, but we are heading to arbitration on this issue. Tenet team staff director ole kushner hermanson associate director wendy mcgill labor assistants dayana ocasio metrowest: tenet executed the plan they had made the year”

“Southcoast team staff director ole kushner hermanson associate directors jim kane, wendy mcgill labor assistants dayana ocasio st. Luke's hospital: bargaining a first contract in a pandemic. The st luke's nurses remain united and determined to fundamental and sweeping change of their hospital. In march they reached one year of bargaining and prepared to take their fight for improvements to the street when everything stopped and they were forced to shift focus to fighting for the most basic protections for nurses and their families. Actions were taken to get n95s in the icu, to get laboring mothers tested, to get the hospital to adopt a covid staffing grid and to get the hospital to recognize nurses who were out for covid should have a presumption they acquired it at work. Ultimately the nurses were able to achieve much more safety than their counterparts at the nonunion charlton hospital and they had 80% fewer nurses contract the virus. Back at the table starting this summer they have made good gains on workplace violence and other important measures but continue to struggle for a wage scale, quality health insurance and staffing measures. The nurses who voted against the union in the first vote have called for a decertification and the st luke's nurses committee is again working to keep their coworkers united and voting yes! They are strong but they will need the support of their community and the community of union nurses across the commonwealth if they are to win this election and then a strong contract in new bedford! Tobey hospital: after months and months of bargaining, after fighting tooth and nail for safety measures during the pandemic the nurses have a tentative agreement on a new contract. They hold on to daily overtime despite a strong push from management to claw it back and they will get good raises which will bring them close to regional standards that they have always creeped behind. Independents team staff director ole kushner hermanson associate directors jim kane, gabriel mireles labor assistants sharon decosta, dayana ocasio this year has been difficult for atrius members. They settled a one-year agreement at the start of the year which preserved their health insurance and made very modest gains in wages with determination to come back to the table and make a more lasting solution to improve benefits. These plans were disrupted by covid. Many nurses were illegally furloughed as atrius closed offices without bargaining or following the contractual layoff language. We have filed for arbitration and will advocate for full restitution for those nurses sidelined by management. Management offered and the negotiating committee has tentatively agreed to another one-year extension. The committee is regrouping but one provision they made sure to get in writing is that bargaining would begin in june of 2021 despite the december expiration. We will return to the bargaining table united and ready. Health professionals at the boston vna have been bargaining for a year now to achieve a first contract. The agency has said across the table they will not agree to equity with the rns who have had a long-standing agreement with the bvna. The committee is not deterred and is prepared to fight for fairness. They have met with area politicians to enlist their support and are preparing their coworkers for more serious job actions. They will have a contract and they will have respect and if they are forced by the agency to fight for it then these health professionals are ready to do what they must. Western mass team staff director rudy renaud associate director ron patenaude, lara shepard-blue labor assistant sharon decosta, dayana ocasio the region 1 team has had various open contracts this year as well as continued campaigns to keep hospitals and services open in the western part of the state. The biggest loss to us this year was the inpatient unit at providence hospital. We put on a large campaign to push back that included invo”

“The 990 is prepared on the same basis as the financial statements which are prepared on the modified cash basis of accounting. The consolidated financial statements of the association are presented on a modified cash basis, whereby the association's dues income is recognized when received rather than when earned. All other income is recorded when earned and expenses are recorded as incurred.”

“There was no change in the oversight process or selection process during the tax year.”